Exercise BOLD EAGLE saw NATO Multinational Battlegroup Estonia reaffirm their commitment and readiness to defend the Alliance’s eastern flank.
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Testing their readiness to defend the Alliance’s eastern flank, NATO’s Multinational Battlegroup Estonia deployed alongside NATO Allies recently, for Exercise BOLD EAGLE.
The seven-day exercise in Estonia challenged Estonian, French, Polish, UK and US forces’ readiness to navigate the complex, boggy landscape of the northern Baltics. Heavy armour, including the British Army Challenger 2 tanks – weighing over 60 tons – navigated the landscape, honing the critical mobility skills essential to Estonia’s defence.
The UK-led NATO battlegroup is one of eight based along NATO’s eastern flank, demonstrating Allies’ resolve and readiness to defend Alliance territory and populations.
This NATO Multimedia footage, filmed 10 April at Tapa, includes shots of British Army Challenger 2 tanks, Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles, and Estonian and UK infantry training in trench warfare. The soundbites are from Lt Sam Dulson, Platoon Commander, 7th Platoon, C Company, 1 Mercian, British Army.
Shot List:-
- 00:00 ~ a British Army Challenger 2 tank deploys a smoke screen
- 00:06 ~ Challenger 2 tanks moving across a snowy landscape
- 00:14 ~ Challenger 2 tanks look for targets
- 00:30 ~ a row of British Army Challenger 2 tanks drive towards their objective
- 00:45 ~ British Army Challenger 2 tanks drive through thick snow
- 00:49 ~ British Army Warrior infantry fighting vehicles drive through thick snow
- 01:10 ~ British Army Warrior combat vehicles and challenger 2 tanks drive towards their objectives
- 01:14 ~ a British Army Warrior combat vehicle drives through yellow smoke
- 01:19 ~ a British Army Warrior fighting vehicle scans the horizon through yellow smoke
- 01:30 ~ a British Army Warrior combat vehicle drives through a snowy forest
- 01:36 ~ a Warrior vehicle opens fire during the exercise scenario
- 01:35 ~ a UK Engineer’s vehicle drives through thick snow
- 01:39 ~ a row of British Army vehicles drive in convoy
- 01:45 ~ a row of British Army vehicles drive in convoy
- 01:50 ~ British Army infantry fighting vehicles parked in a cluster to debrief
- 01:54 ~ a long line of snowy trenches from above
- 02:13 ~ UK soldiers storm a trench
- 02:19 ~ UK soldiers lay covering fire in a trench
- 02:33 ~ UK soldiers fire in a trench during the exercise scenario
- 02:42 ~ UK soldiers continue through the trenches
- 02:56 ~ UK soldiers throw a smoke grenade
- 03:08 ~ a UK soldier shouts commands
- 03:12 ~ UK soldiers storm towards the camera in a trench
- 03:23 ~ a soldier throws a grenade
- 03:28 ~ a soldier guards their position through smoke
- 03:34 ~ UK soldiers guard their positions in the trench
- 03:44 ~ Estonian conscripts hold their positions in a trench
- 03:52 ~ Estonian conscripts launch their counter attack
- 04:04 ~ an Estonian heavy gunner fires a mounted machine gun during the exercise scenario
- 04:13 ~ Soundbite
- 04:33 ~ Soundbite
- 04:59 ~ Soundbite
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